Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The least developed countries (LDCs) – nations categorized as requiring special attention from the international community – will fall short of goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development unless urgent action is taken, a new United Nations analysis has revealed.
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Economic development in the world’s most-disadvantaged countries – mostly in sub-Saharan Africa – is stalling against the background of a lukewarm global recovery, risking widening inequality, according to a new analysis from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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Monrovia. Liberia (PANA) – The Liberian government and the World Bank have signed a US$24.67 million grant agreement for the Fourth Poverty Reduction Support Development Policy Operation (PRSDPO-IV) for Liberia.
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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan government is planning to upgrade its domestic airport in the country’s nort westen town of Gisenyi, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to international standard by 2021, an official source revealed Monday in Kigali.
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Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has announced plans to move her economy to the next level of a knowledge-based economy through investment in information and communications technology (ICT).
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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Thanks to tight expenditure limits, fiscal consolidation and ongoing economic reforms, Gambia's gross international reserves increased to about 4 months of imports of goods and services in January 2018 while the country’s fiscal position markedly improved, said the country's central bank chief on Thursday.
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Volt Resources, an Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed company developing a graphite mine in Bunyu area of southern Tanzania, on Thursday said the project’s funding pathway provides for local investment in the largest graphite project in the country and one of the largest in the world.
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Acacia Mining Plc, Tanzania’s largest gold miner, on Thursday announced that it has bought additional put options covering 120,000 ounces of gold at a strike price of US$1,320 per ounce for a cost of US$2.0 million.
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Global wealth grew significantly over the past two decades but per capita wealth declined or stagnated in more than two dozen countries in various income brackets, says a new World Bank report.
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Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The long-awaited Free Trade Area (FTA) that aims to increase intra-regional trade within the continent, will be launched in March this year in Kigali, Rwandan Foreign Affairs minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, said in a statement obtained by PANA on Tuesday in Kigali.
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New York (PANA) - Countries must accelerate inclusive and equitable economic growth and sustainable development that will not leave behind vulnerable populations, such as women and youth, the United Nations deputy chief told the Commission for Social Development, which opened its annual session on Monday.
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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed, will participate in a two-day regional high-level conference, jointly organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Arab Monetary Fund (FMA), the Arab Fund for economic and social development (FADES) and the Moroccan government.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African economies have been resilient to negative shocks, but poor infrastructure is a serious impediment to inclusive growth, according to the 2018 edition of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) presented to delegates in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the African Union (AU) Summit on Friday.
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Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – Cape Verde’s economic recovery is gaining momentum reflecting a more favourable external environment and the payoff of ongoing economic reforms, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as it forecasts output growth of the group of islands off the West African coast to accelerate to 4.3 percent in 2018.
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﻿Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Germany has given Mali 53 million Euros for a water supply and irrigation project in the regions of Timbuktu (north-east), Mopti (centre), Gao (north), Koulikoro (north-east) and Kayes (west), according to an agreement signed here on Friday by the German ambassador in Mali, Dietricch Becker, and the Malian Minister of Defence and Former Combatants.
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